1997 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Winners and nominees from the Outer Critics Circle Awards.
1997 Outer Critics Circle Awards
Note: Award winners appear on a red background.
| Category | Nominee | Show |
|---|---|---|
| Best Actor - Musical | James Naughton | Chicago |
| Best Actor - Musical | Robert Cuccioli | Jekyll & Hyde |
| Best Actor - Musical | Gregory Harrison | Steel Pier |
| Best Actor - Musical | Sam Harris | The Life |
| Best Actor - Play | Christopher Plummer | Barrymore |
| Best Actor - Play | David Morse | How I Learned to Drive |
| Best Actor - Play | Frank Langella | Present Laughter |
| Best Actor - Play | Anthony Sher | Stanley |
| Best Actress - Musical | Bebe Neuwirth | Chicago |
| Best Actress - Musical | Linda Eder | Jekyll & Hyde |
| Best Actress - Musical | Karen Ziemba | Steel Pier |
| Best Actress - Musical | Pamela Isaacs | The Life |
| Best Actress - Play | Janet McTeer | A Doll's House |
| Best Actress - Play | Kate Nelligan | An American Daughter |
| Best Actress - Play | Mary-Louise Parker | How I Learned to Drive |
| Best Actress - Play | Dana Ivey | The Last Night of Ballyhoo |
| Best Broadway Musical | Jekyll & Hyde | |
| Best Broadway Musical | Steel Pier | |
| Best Broadway Musical | The Life | |
| Best Broadway Musical | Titanic | |
| Best Broadway Play | An American Daughter | |
| Best Broadway Play | Stanley | |
| Best Broadway Play | Taking Sides | |
| Best Broadway Play | The Last Night of Ballyhoo | |
| Best Choreography | Ann Reinking | Chicago |
| Best Choreography | Joey Pizzi - | Jekyll & Hyde |
| Best Choreography | Susan Stroman - | Steel Pier |
| Best Choreography | Joey McKneely | The Life |
| Best Costume Design | Howard Crabtree - | Howard Crabtree's When Pigs Fly |
| Best Costume Design | Peter Kaczorowski | Steel Pier |
| Best Costume Design | Jane Greenwood - | The Last Night of Ballyhoo |
| Best Costume Design | Stewart Laing | Titanic |
| Best Director - Musical | Michael Blakemore | The Life |
| Best Director - Musical | Walter Bobbie | Chicago |
| Best Director - Musical | Robin Phillips | Jekyll & Hyde |
| Best Director - Musical | Scott Ellis | Steel Pier |
| Best Director - Musical | Richard Jones | Titanic |
| Best Director - Play | Anthony Page | A Doll's House |
| Best Director - Play | Daniel Sullivan | An American Daughter |
| Best Director - Play | John Caird | Stanley |
| Best Director - Play | Ron Lagomarsino | The Last Night of Ballyhoo |
| Best Featured Actor - Musical | Joel Grey | Chicago |
| Best Featured Actor - Musical | Chuck Cooper, Kevin Ramsey | The Life |
| Best Featured Actor - Musical | Stanley Bojarski | When Pigs Fly |
| Best Featured Actor - Play | Edward Herrmann | Psychopathia Sexualis |
| Best Featured Actor - Play | Terry Beaver | The Last Night of Ballyhoo |
| Best Featured Actor - Play | Brian Murray | The Little Foxes |
| Best Featured Actor - Play | Brian Kerwin | The Little Foxes |
| Best Featured Actress - Musical | Lillias White | The Life |
| Best Featured Actress - Musical | Marcia Lewis | Chicago |
| Best Featured Actress - Musical | Alix Korey | No Way to Treat a Lady |
| Best Featured Actress - Musical | Debra Monk | Steel Pier |
| Best Featured Actress - Play | Jan Maxwell | A Doll's House |
| Best Featured Actress - Play | Allison Janney | Present Laughter |
| Best Featured Actress - Play | Deborah Findlay | Stanley |
| Best Featured Actress - Play | Celia Weston | The Last Night of Ballyhoo |
| Best Lighting Design | Ken Billington | Chicago |
| Best Lighting Design | Beverly Emmons | Jekyll & Hyde |
| Best Lighting Design | Peter Kaczorowski | Steel Pier |
| Best Lighting Design | Paul Gallo | Titanic |
| Best Off Broadway Musical | Howard Crabtree's When Pigs Fly | |
| Best Off Broadway Musical | I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change | |
| Best Off Broadway Musical | The Green Heart | |
| Best Off Broadway Musical | Violet | |
| Best Off Broadway Play | A Question of Mercy | |
| Best Off Broadway Play | Bunny Bunny | |
| Best Off Broadway Play | How I Learned to Drive | |
| Best Off Broadway Play | Stonewall Jackson's House | |
| Best Revival - Musical | Candide | |
| Best Revival - Musical | Chicago | |
| Best Revival - Musical | Juan Darien | |
| Best Revival - Musical | No Way to Treat A Lady | |
| Best Revival - Play | A Doll's House | |
| Best Revival - Play | Present Laughter | |
| Best Revival - Play | The Gin Game | |
| Best Revival - Play | The Little Foxes | |
| Best Set Design | David Gallo | Bunny Bunny |
| Best Set Design | Tony Walton | Steel Pier |
| Best Set Design | John Lee Beatty | The Little Foxes |
| Best Set Design | Stewart Laing | Titanic |
| Best Solo Performance | Felix A. Pire | Men on the Verge of a His-panic Breakdown |
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